Sunday, 16 February 2014

Sunday Summary

Hello to you!

Yes, I am back with the SS (apologies to those whom I disappointed with a no-show last week!). Currently sitting in bed with coffee and toast crumbs all about me. Seems like an apposite time to summarise!

I first read this almost ten whole years ago, before I’d
even read JaneEyre so many of the literary references
were lost on me, though I did love the quirkiness of the story. I’m struggling
to find time to read at the moment, though – my reading time is confined to my
commute, and I’ve either been chatting to a choir friend in this time, or too
darn exhausted to read, and have blocked myself off with my music and a little
bit of a doze.

Excuses, excuses, however. We shall overcome…

Watching | TV on the
iPad

I borrowed our departmental iPad last weekend and the
weekend before, and spent some quality time streaming 4oD and iPlayer programmes
– this ol’ PC streams at what can only be described as a glacial
pace so I’ve long since given up catching up on programmes missed. Ain’t nobody
got time for that. But the iPad is swift and clear, so I’ve been catching up
on:

I will never be an eReader convert, and I can’t bring myself
to accept invites for Candy Crush et al,
but I am coming around to the
inviting idea of owning a tablet for TV streaming, Netflix, and maybe, just
maybe, The Sims Freeplay…

Playing | Scrabble

My Swedish friend Caroline
was visiting last week, and in between her making me delicious pancakes for breakfast
(you can come again!):

Caroline won 2 games to 1. I
am Scrabble-shamed. Though I am proud of having placed EUCHRE.

You’d think that someone who lovingly manipulates words for
a living would be slightly more
successful, however. And playing against a non-native English speaker too. Sob.

Next time, Monopoly showdown.

Plotting and Planning

I won’t say too much at this stage so as not to jinx
anything but I am making great plans for the second half of this year. Said
plans involve being able to tick off another item on the bucket list, and a spot o' travel.

At the moment I’m In Talks with various bodies (notably the bank
and the parentals) over raising the funds to travel, but I’m excited already.
And nervous. And excited. And determined to make this little plan a reality.

Cryptic enough? J

PS Anyone who follows me on Pinterest or in fact speaks to me on a daily basis may have already had an inkling of these plans!

And now for this fortnight's interweb discoveries

(Thanks to my workmates Evie and Louis for some of these! Keep 'em coming.)